Twine-holder



A- B- TGMLIN, TWINE HOLDER,

Patented Maly 22 (No Model.)

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT B. TOMLIN, OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO cTWINEe-l-ICLJEI?.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 383,157, dated May 22, 18188.

Application tiled January 14, 1588. Serial No. 260.695. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. TOMU-N, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Collins, in the county of Larimer and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvementsin T\vine-Holders,of which the following is a specification.

'Ihe invention relates to improvements in twine-holders; and it consists in the construetion and novel combination of parts, hereiuafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to raise the free end ofthe twine up out of the way, so as to keep it free of the counter after using it.

In the accompanying drawings,Figurel represents a perspective view of a twine-holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the case in vertical section and the handle in elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged de ltail view ofthe wire weight.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A desigmade of two open-work hemispherical sections locking together by the common form of con nection.

-B is a wire handle composed of the two legs or wires b b', having their lower ends secured centrally to the upper section of the casing and their upper ends united.

O is au eye made integrally on the leg b by bending the wire thereof, and D is a similar eye formed on the wire d, which is secured to the leg b near the upper end of the handle. The said wiredi'orms with theleg bthepointed eye c, the lower end or point, c', of which is below the eyes O and D, for apurposehereinafter explained.

E is a weight or keeper of stiff wire, having the central upstanding eye, e, and the reiiezr` bends e e on each side thereof, which bends run upon the legs b b when the keeper is raised.

F is the cord, the ball of which rests in the open-work easing A,the twine passing through the upper section of said casing, then through the eyes D and c, then downward and through the eye e, then up and through the eye C, and then down through one of the bends e of the weight.

It is evident from the foregoing that when a person has pulled the cord up to tie a bundle the cord will not pull through the eye c until the weight has risen up and the eye e is on a level with the eye c, but will catch and hold in the point of said eye, which is below the eyes C D; also, after a person has used the cord and lets go of the end, the said end will be raised by the descent of the wire weight E. When the weight is down Vand the end of the cord raised, as described, the cord cannot be run from the ball through the eyesor loops, as it catches in the point of the eye c.

When in use, the device is hung on a proper support by means of the bend of wire between the legs b b. When the weight comes down on the twine-holder easing, it acts as a brake or check to stop further upward movement of the free end of the twine, which might occur from the momentum.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a twine-holder, the combination, with the casing and the handlerising therefrom and having the legs b b', of the weights having the reflex-bends passing around the said legs of the handle, and the eye between the legs, the twine being passed through said bends and eye, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the twine-holder case and the handle secured thereto and consisting of two wire legs, b b', of the eye C, made on the leg b, the wire d, secured to the leg b', having the eye D, and the moving wire weight having the centraly eye and the opposite reflexbends at its end portions,substantially as speci fied.

3. The combination, with the twine-holder case, of thehandle B, composed of the twolegs b b and having the eye C, the wire d, secured to the leg b, having the eye D, and forming the pointed eye c with the leg b', and the wire weight E, having the central eye, e, and the relier-bends e', substantially as specified.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT B. TOMLIN.

Witnesses:

S. H. Wnirrsrnns,

R. M. TOMLIN. 

